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- Rural-Based Entrepreneurs — October 2008
As a supplement to the series of profiles on small business financing published by the Small Business and Tourism Branch, this profile compares several characteristics of rural-based SMEs with those of SMEs in urban regions, including size, provincial distribution and source and type of financing required, as observed in 2004.
HTML PDF Version (950 KB, 16 pages) - Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Ontario — September 2007
The profile shows the general characteristics and examines the financing activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ontario in 2004, and compares them with the national averages. SMEs in Ontario are small, typically with fewer than four employees (83 percent). The financing activities and needs of Ontario's SMEs are similar to the national average. Debt is the most requested form of financing (15 percent of SMEs), followed by lease financing (2 percent). Few firms seek equity financing (1 percent). Financing requests were made predominantly to chartered banks (84 percent), which far exceeds the national average (63 percent). Requests to credit unions (4 percent) were less than one-quarter the national share (23%). Ontario captured a share of national venture capital investment that matched its share of knowledge-based industries.
HTML PDF Version (814 KB, 12 pages) - Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Atlantic Provinces — September 2007
The profile shows the general characteristics and examines the financing activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Atlantic Provinces in 2004, and compares them with the national averages. SMEs in Atlantic Canada are small, typically with fewer than four employees (79 percent), with a far lower share of self-employed (31 percent) than the national average (51 percent). The financing activities and needs of SMEs in the Atlantic Provinces are similar to the national average. Debt is the most requested form of financing (20 percent of SMEs), followed by lease financing (3 percent). Few firms seek equity financing (2 percent). Financing requests were made to chartered banks (65 percent) and credit unions (18 percent), which is lower than the national share (23 percent). SMEs in the Region had a somewhat greater reliance on Crown corporations and government institutions than was case for Canada overall. Atlantic Canada captured a share of national venture capital investment that matched its share of knowledge-based industries.
HTML PDF Version (746 KB, 12 pages) - Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Prairie Provinces — September 2007
The profile examines the financing activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Prairie Provinces in 2004, and compares them with the national averages. SMEs in the Prairie Provinces are small, typically with fewer than four employees (87 percent), with a larger share of self-employed (58 percent) than the national average (51 percent). The financing activities and needs of SMEs in the Prairie Provinces are similar to the national average. Debt is the most requested form of financing (23 percent of SMEs), followed by lease financing (5 percent). Few firms seek equity financing (1 percent). The share of financing requests made to chartered banks (49 percent) was substantially lower than the national share (63 percent). This was offset to a degree by a greater reliance on credit unions (34 percent), compared with the national share (23 percent). SMEs in the Region had a somewhat greater reliance on Crown corporations and government institutions than was case for Canada overall. The Prairies captured a share of national venture capital investment that was far lower than its share of knowledge-based industries.
HTML PDF Version (817 KB, 12 pages) - Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Quebec — August 2007
The profile shows the general characteristics and examines the financing activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Quebec in 2004, and compares them with the national averages. SMEs in Quebec are small, typically with fewer than four employees (83 percent). The financing activities and needs of Quebec's SMEs are similar to the national average. Debt is the most requested form of financing (18 percent of SMEs), followed by lease financing (3 percent). Few firms seek equity financing (1 percent). Financing requests were made to chartered banks (49 percent) but requests to caisses populaires (39 percent) demonstrate the importance of this source of financing in Quebec compared with Canada overall (23% of requests). Quebec captured a share of national venture capital investment that far exceeds its share of knowledge-based industries.
HTML PDF Version (803 KB, 12 pages) - Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in British Columbia — June 2007
The profile shows the general characteristics and examines the financing activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in British Columbia in 2004, and compares them with the national averages. SMEs in B.C. and in Canada are small, typically with fewer than four employees (84 percent). The financing activities and needs of B.C.'s SMEs are similar to the national average. Debt is the most requested form of financing (20 percent of SMEs), followed by lease financing (4 percent). Few firms seek equity financing (1 percent). Financing requests were made primarily to chartered banks (68 percent), with credit unions making up 23 percent of requests. Firms in B.C. had a slightly greater preference for banks than SMEs in Canada as a whole (63 percent). B.C. captured a share of national venture capital investment that equals its share of knowledge-based industries.
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